VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

FileOpen Procedure — Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem

Synopsis

FileOpen(filenumber, filename, mode, access, share, _
         recordlength)

filenumber required; Integer

An available file number.

filename required; String

The name of the file to open, along with an optional path.

mode optional; OpenMode enum

The file-access mode. Options are: OpenMode.Append, OpenMode.Binary, OpenMode.Input, OpenMode.Output, or OpenMode.Random (the default value).

access optional; OpenAccess enum

Specifies the allowable operations by the current process. Options are: OpenAccess.Default, OpenAccess.Read, OpenAccess.ReadWrite (the default value), or OpenAccess.Write.

share optional; OpenShare enum

Specifies the allowable operations by other processes. Options are: OpenShare.Shared (the default value), OpenShare.LockRead, OpenShare. LockWrite, or OpenShare.LockreadWrite.

recordlength optional; Integer (at most, 32767)

The length of the record (for random access) or of the I/O buffer (for sequential access).

Description

Opens a disk file for reading and/or writing.